He used to be really public. He was always posting in public forums, his own website, doing interviews, etc... The last I heard from him was his statement about his company going defunct and possibly doing work for all the great Xbox360 J-RPG's coming out (LOL!!!). I was just wondering if anyone has anyone seen anything from him since then?

Vic's going to be making a return to the industry, though some of us are sworn to secrecy. There'll be news of it later this year, I assure you.

I just hope he's kept under control, so he either doesn't continue with his over the top localization, and cools it down, aswell as keeping his damn feuds from affecting the rest of the company's business.

I respect this guy. He is passionate about bringing over obscure titles that tend to be overlooked. I hope to see a speedy recovery of his status in the game industry.

About the Xbox 360 JRPGs comment.....I beg to differ. Yes, there are a handful of titles that are worth mentioning, but it's not quite enough to justify a purchase, if you're solely an RPG player. If the hardware itself were dramatically cheaper, I'd reconsider. Of course, keep in mind, I'm not considering the video game players that play a variety of genres, so in that aspect, I'm being biased.

However, I do see a small amount of potential in the Xbox 360's RPG selection, if the cards are played right. Microsoft needs to seriously focus on Japan's market. By any means necessary, even. Just as long as they don't buy out more game developers to have their way. :P

very good educated guesses, but you'll have to wait a few more months to see if you're right. Anyone care to take a bet? ^_~

I remember the stuff Vic said about MS, so that was definitely a guess by me. Although, it would be really scarry if Vic Ireland worked for MS, because that would give them two (Peter Moore being the other), very outspoken people apart of them. If that was the case, maybe they'll bring in Trip Hawkins to make it three crazy people.:p

The formation of Hudson Entertainment (or whatever it may be called) in the U.S. after WD closing down, makes me wonder a little if that's where he is also. Hudson had a lot to do with the Turbo 16 Grafx and Duo, and Vic supported them, so that came to mind also.

God I hope Vic doesn't defect to MS. I'm one of their cult despisers. The last thing I want to see if them buy a monopoly on the videogame world too, even though it'd be hard to outspend Sony. Are their really JRPG's on the 360 in Japan? I always scour the Japanese websites and can't think of any except that Blue Dragon. Maybe Nintendo? :) Personally, I really miss Working Designs. Their games can have hokey translations, but at least he cares and usually brings over series we'd otherwise never see here.

Just look at our release date section, you will find out that there are a dozen RPGs announced for the system. But since I'm a nice guy here is a list. Looking on this list, you will quickly realize that smaller companies like Idea Factory or From Soft are far more supportive of the system than the big third party publishers.